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fatal to them, namely, the distemper, and a 

 violent bilious fever, which they are very 

 subject to, from hunting in hot weather ; 

 particularly if they have not been tho- 

 roughly pm^ged before the season. I never 

 ^ as yet have found any medicine which can 



be relied on as a cure for the distemper in 

 dogs, I have given Doctor James's pow- 

 ders, and many other medicines. Some 

 have died, some have lived. The most 

 efficacious I know of, is one which I have 

 frequently tried for above eighteen years, 

 and never gave any other. It is not always 

 to be relied on ; but it is by far more cer- 

 tain than any other. I cured two dogs last 

 year, 1813, whicii were both very bad, so 

 piuch so, that I despaired of their lives. 

 The raedicine is as follows : Turbith 



Thebestmcdi^ MINERAL, TWELVE GRAINS, MADE INTO A 



cine for the >^ • t 



0istemi>erm BALL^ WITH ANY SYRUP. (jlVe OUC doSC 

 Dogs. '' 



every day, for three or four days in succes- 

 sion. This is the quantity for a full-grown 

 pointer : give a young puppy, three or four 

 months old, five grains \ one of seven 

 months old, seven or eight grains, 



I have observed that dogs, in the dis-^ 



